Moon Locator

Locate and predict the Moon's position in AR 🌝

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Locate and predict the Moon's position in AR 🌝

2 followers

Moon Locator predicts the moon position, path and phase at a specific location during the course of a day and year. ★ The Main View displays all the detailed information ★ The Augmented Reality (AR) feature displays the lunar position directly overlaid on your device's camera. ★ The Map feature displays the moon position on top of Google Maps

Launch tags:Android•Photography•Augmented Reality

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My moon-shooting photo friends will appreciate that. How are you accurately mapping the moon in AR, @r_follador?

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8yr ago

Moon Locator

Maker

@rrhoover it's based on your device's compass and motion sensor, so the app knows which direction (altitude and azimuth) the device is pointed at and knows the location of the device from the GPS (longitude and latitude). So the moon location is calculated and displayed on top of the camera layer. The problem is that the accuracy of the app completely depends on the accuracy of your device's compass, so if there's any magnetic interference, the predicted moon location in the AR view is also off. But it seems to work quite well in practice, if the compass is calibrated regularly.

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8yr ago

a16z - Advertising vs. Micropayments in the Age of Ad Blockers

Greatest app ever! I might even use my Pixel for this.

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8yr ago

Moon Locator

Maker

@stevesi Thanks, means a lot.

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8yr ago

@r_follador would love to see this on iOS!

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8yr ago

Moon Locator

Maker

@amrith I'm not much of an iOS programmer, but I agree, this would make sense also business-wise

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8yr ago

Dash by Traitify

https://www.photopills.com/ also does this (along with a ton more). It's geared towards photogs.

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8yr ago

Moon Locator

Maker

@ericf_ Yes, the goal of my app is to do one thing well, making it easier to handle compared to more complex apps such as photopills.

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8yr ago

Very good! Keen to test it out

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8yr ago

Moon Locator

Maker

@martin_zhang1 thanks, looking forward to your feedback

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8yr ago

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